Re: Qnap TS-431+, Synology DS416 (AL-212) (also AL-314 and AL-514)

[Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro>]

On 29/11/16 20:33, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> [2016-11-29 15:48]:
>> Would you know if there has been any development in relation to the
>> Annapurna Labs chips?
> 
> Antoine Tenart from Free Electrons submitted some Alpine related
> patches earlier this year, so there is some hope.  OTOH, there doesn't
> appear to be a lot of Alpine related activity so I wouldn't hold my
> breath.  I haven't spoken to him about what their plans are.
> 

I came across a page[1] listing all the architectures used in various
Synology devices, including the Annapurna Labs Alpine variants.  They
have a link to a blog[2] which goes into detail about installing custom
binaries on the device.  The blog also has a link to a forum thread[3]
on the topic.

Does this provide enough detail for somebody to get into one of these
devices and extract the information needed to prepare the necessary
kernel patches?

Is there any possibility of extracting the vendor's kernel from a
Synology or QNAP device and putting it into a Debian root filesystem and
using that to boot one of these devices?

Regards,

Daniel



1.
http://www.synology-wiki.de/index.php/Welchen_Prozessortyp_besitzt_mein_System%3F
2.
https://thingshardtofind.blogspot.com/2015/06/optware-ipkg-and-bootstrap-for-synology.html
3.
https://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=69860&start=60#p305182
4. https://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2016/04/msg00044.html